New data center builds have contributed to a 23.4 percent increase in Microsoft's carbon emissions since 2020, according to the company's 2025 Environmental Sustainability Report.

A UN report highlights a 150% rise in indirect carbon emissions from top AI companies like Amazon and Microsoft from 2020 to ...

According to the International Energy Agency, the carbon emissions attributable to energy used by data centres are surging as ...

Microsoft's carbon footprint has grown 23.4% since it set a goal in 2020 to shrink its climate emissions to zero within a ...

Midway to its 2030 goal, Microsoft's total emissions were lower in 2024 compared to the previous year but still about 23 ...

Tech sector carbon emissions continued their rise in recent years, fueled by rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Indirect carbon emissions from the operations of four of the leading AI-focused tech companies rose on average by 150% from ...

Nitrates in the atmosphere reduce air quality and play an important role in climate change. An international team led by ...

Microsoft’s total carbon emissions have risen by almost 30 per ... predicted that the boom in AI and quantum computing will increase data centre power use six-fold in the next decade.

In addition to its investments, Microsoft is pursuing the use of low-emissions steel in its supply chain and is ... On average, CLT can increase material costs by 5 to 10 percent compared to ...

The report attributed this rise to a 30.9% increase in the company’s indirect Scope 3 emissions, generated in part by Microsoft’s efforts to expand its global datacentre footprint. As ...

Microsoft has failed to reduce its annual emissions each year since then. Its latest environmental report, released this May, shows a 29 percent increase in emissions since 2020—a change that ...